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Live | RECAP: All the action from Day One of the Hong Kong Sevens 2016

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Well, that's it for day 1. Favourites Fiji and New Zealand had to mount impressive comebacks in their opening games, while crowd favourites England upset South Africa. Meanwhile, Hong Kong have it all to do on Saturday after a shock defeat to debutants Germany

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Catch up with all the action and reaction below the line - and make sure you tune in tomorrow as the action heats up. 

FT: South Africa 14 England 21 Cagey start to the second half before Norton gets involved again, chasing his own up-and-under, taking it down with a cushioned touch Ronaldinho would have been proud of before being held back on the line for a penalty try. Four minutes for South Africa to make up a two-try deficit. After much huff and puff, Philip Snyman finally puts one on the board for the Africans, but with only 30 seconds left for a leveller. England win lineout after the hooter sounds and that's game over. Good win and the crowd roar their approval

Meanwhile, the joke of a Hong Kong Stadium pitch has started to cut up. Surprised it lasted this long, to be fair. Let's see how it fares over the weekend.

HT: South Africa 7 England 14 Crowd favourites England up last tonight. Been pretty rubbish this season. They come out flying, and after concerted pressure, Phil Burgess gets them on the scoresheet, taking an offload from a ruck and steaming in from 20 metres out. Speedster Dan Norton quickly doubles the lead after South Africa fluff their restart catch. With South Africa third in the table, this would surely have to count as an upset. South Africa's try-machine Seabelo Senatla pulls one back - his 44th of the season- as the hooter sounds.

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FT: Australia 28 Argentina 0 A cruise for the Ozsters. Lewis Holland added a third and Allan Fa'alava'au with a cracking run for the fourth. Argentina have been decent this season and upset a few big guns, but never turned up for this one. Honey Badger Nick Cummins had a debut try in sight after jinking past a couple from 40 metres out, but drops it on the line!

HT: Australia 14 Argentina 0 Didn't follow this one too closely as I was wrestling with our computer systems to get some new pix on the blog. Ed Jenkins and John Porch with the tries, James Stannard with the extras in what seemed a fairly routine seven minutes for the Aussies

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